Since during Sukkot holiday one can have a meal with bread only in sukkah (i.e., only the sukkah space could be the one that will require you to say birkat hamazon, to be kovea seudah), if one ate in ...

Does anyone translate "סֻכּוֹת" in Vayikra 23:43 as a place name rather than an object (see Shmot 12:37 and 13:20, where it's a place name)?
Might the Toarah mean "celebrate Sukkot because that's the ...

Can paper be used for schach?
Paper comes from wood, which grows from the ground. Also, paper seems like peshutei kli etz - a wooden vessel without a receptacle, which does not accept tum'ah. So it ...

Is it ok to have a nail in (sticking out of) the wall of the sukka from before sukkot and use it to hang a jacket during sukkot?
Will it make a difference if the nail is facing in or out?
A possible ...

How much invalid material invalidates schach? (tefachim + inches preferred, but not required)
Would it make a difference if this material was in the middle of the roof, or on the side (=next to the ...

How large of a gap is allowed in a sukkah's schach (roof) without invalidating it? (in tefachim and inches/feet, if possible)
Would it make a difference if the gap was in the middle of the roof, or ...

Can someone eat in the Succah before Sukkot, or could it be a problem of bal tosif?
Does it make a difference if it's like, an hour before candle lighting, the morning of erev chag, or a week before?
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I have seen contradicting sources on whether building a succah is part of the mitzva to dwell in it. I want to know if there is a machlokes on whether building a succah is preparation of a mitzva or a ...

Let's say you bought or built your own shlock (rain cover) for your sukkah.
What halachic concerns are there about operating it on Shabbos/Yom Tov?
Might there be problems of boneh (building)? If the ...

A sukkah roof has to be open to the sky, and made of loose, plant-based material. Practically speaking, this means that everything inside gets wet when it rains.....unless your sukkah has a "shlock," ...

I use bamboo poles for s'chach (yes, real bamboo poles). They're great, but I would like a little green up there, if I can get it. Some years we used branches from the tree that was growing over our ...

Some people start putting their Sukkos up the week of Rosh Hashanah. I understand that people don't want to do things until the last minute. However, in my opinion, the earlier one starts putting his ...

I am looking for full-blown, ready-made plans for a sukkah with wind-blocking wooden walls and frame elements. (I'm OK with metal hardware.) I have searched the Internet and have yet to find any. I ...

Consider the following scenario:
If someone slept in a sukkah that had a gap in the middle of 3 tefachim of open space and where both sides had a proper shiur sukkah of 7 by 7 tefachim; however when ...

If one goes to work on the days of Chol HaMoed Sukkot, is he deemed to be travelling and exempt from the sukkah? If there is no sukkah that he can reach from work on his lunch break, may he eat bread ...

Can I use a car's sunroof as a sukkah? Taking my Subaru Forrester as an example to get some approximate numbers: it has a sunroof of approximately 30 inches by 30 inches. This exceeds all opinions of ...

I've been by many sukkos where after the bal habayis (bal hasukkah?) "invites" the ushpizin they will then set a place for them (whichever one is supposed to come that night.) The "place" they set is ...

I've heard before that R' Shlomo Eager speaks about (I believe in Yorah Deah Siman 28) a sofek if one is allowed to make a bracha on "achilas matzah" before the time of eating and be yotzee with that ...